India mulls separate law for AI as deepfake concerns mount nationwide

The Union government on Friday signalled that the country’s reliance on existing information technology laws may soon give way to a dedicated legal framework for AI as concerns over deepfakes, synthetic content and cybercrime continue to mount.

“We have used the IT rules and other provisions of existing law to address various concerns that AI raises, but now, probably the time has come to look at separate legislation,” IT secretary S. Krishnan said on the sidelines of a CII Cybersecurity Summit.